excise

ex·cise ¹  (ksz)

n.

1. An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.

2. A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.

tr.v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es

To levy an excise on.

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[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excsus) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]

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excise ¹

Noun

1. a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market

2. Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise [Latin assidere to sit beside, assist in judging]

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excise ²

Verb

[-cising, -cised]

1. to delete a passage from a book

2. to remove an organ or part surgically [Latin excidere to cut down]

excision n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excise - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) excise tax indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations nuisance tax, sales tax - a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer ad valorem tax, value-added tax, VAT - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold
Verb	1.	excise - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" expunge, scratch, strike delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
	2.	excise - levy an excise tax on tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
	3.	excise - remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor" cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"

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excise ¹

noun tax, duty, customs, toll, levy, tariff, surcharge, impost

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excise ²

verb 1. delete, cut, remove, erase, destroy, eradicate, strike out, exterminate, cross out, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth

verb 2. cut off or out or away, remove, take out, extract

Translations

excise [ˈɛksaɪz] n → impuestos sobre el consumo interior

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excise n [ˈɛksaɪz] → taxe f

vt [ɛkˈsaɪz] → exciser

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excise [ˈɛksaɪz] n → Verbrauchssteuer f

vt → entfernen

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excise n [ˈɛksaɪz] → imposta, dazio

vt [ɛkˈsaɪz] → recidere